OTTAWA – When representatives of NATO nations meet in The Hague late next month, they’re expected to dramatically hike the alliance’s defence spending target for members — the one Canada is failing to hit already.
At the last NATO summit in Washington last year, allies lined up to call out Canada for failing to meet the alliance defence spending target of two per cent of national GDP.
When Prime Minister Mark Carney attends the NATO summit next month, he’ll likely be under pressure to commit to a new defence spending target of five per cent of national GDP.
I see a real possibility of the US asserting control over “our Arctic” for national security reasons as I suspect Canada to remain lackadaisical about defense matters.
Who knows, maybe even NATO will tire of us.
